Well, 100% agree. Now these younger generations are highly influenced by social media. Like, in society expectations, I tied up closer to that social media aspect. And we have these old influencers, popular stars, famous people that young generations, and gendery generations, look up to. So basically, they think, like, subconsciously, they might think that they need to be loved, but to have those riches to be happy, just as they are individuals they post and they post they do. So, they kind of want to recreate that, and that’s why many advertising companies do the same thing. They have subconsciously influenced the population by making famous people kind of advertise in different products So that you can just essentially buy the happiness that the famous person has just by buying a similar item to them. So they kind of feel closely connected by a destiny fake. I don’t know what kind of a conscious thought goes through a person’s head, but something like that. And I think it’s definitely something that is quite effective. And I just decided expectations is something that quite affects the happiness of the people because they also have social pressure. They kind of like have to be successful.
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Well, I 100% agree. These younger generations are highly influenced by social media. Societal expectations are closely tied to that social media aspect. We have these influencers, popular stars, and famous people that younger generations look up to. Subconsciously, they might think that they need to be loved and have riches to be happy, just as these individuals do. They want to recreate that, and that's why many advertising companies do the same thing. They have subconsciously influenced the population by having famous people advertise different products, so you can essentially buy the happiness that the famous person has just by purchasing a similar item. They feel closely connected by a sort of false destiny. I don't know what kind of conscious thought goes through a person's head, but it's something like that. I think societal expectations definitely affect people's happiness because they also face social pressure. They feel they have to be successful.
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